Troubled woman, 26, pleads guilty to frenzied stabbing rampage at an IGA in which four people were injured including a five-year-old girl
- A 26-year-old woman fronted court over stabbing rampage in New South Wales
- Chloe May Geale is accused of stabbing four people including five-year-old girl
- She fronted court this week pleading guilty to five offences over the incident
A 26-year-old woman has admitted going on a stabbing rampage at an IGA supermarket in which four people were wounded including a five-year-old girl.
Chloe May Geale, 26, went on the frenzied attack using scissors and a knife on August 29 2019 in the New South Wales town of Salamander Bay near Port Stephens.
She pleaded guilty to three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, assaulting police and reckless wounding at Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday.
Ms Geale allegedly attacked a man in his car, before stabbing several people at an IGA gorcery store, and then turned the knife on the little girl - stabbing her in her head.
In September 2019 her lawyer said she would be willing to be under house arrest if given bail, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Chloe May Geale, 26, went on the frenzied attack using scissors and a knife in August 2019 in the New South Wales town of Salamander Bay near Port Stephens
She argued her client's mental health was vulnerable and that she was suffering from PTSD, anxiety, and depression and should be allowed to leave the house only for medical treatment.
Prosecutors, however, argued the case against Ms Geale had serious disturbing elements and she was a danger to the community.
Bail was denied.
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Geale's guilty pleas led to the withdrawal of four counts of armed with intent to commit an indictable offence, wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and affray.
She is to front court again next week.
Geale is accused of carrying out the attack at this grocery store in New South Wales
